I couldn't not do a Radiohead song. This one specifically is always amazing, because the album version was recorded entirely in reverse. However, Thom (after a loaded anti-war dedication to a room of oblivious fans) does a moving live version with piano and voice. I love the way the piano arpeggios sound and for some reason I never catch on to the timing and changing chords. By working closely with this piece over an extended period of time I hope to be able to perform it and notate it. There are all sorts of extensions going on right from the beginning, not just simple triads, and a sort of counter-melody happens in his right hand. The pattern sounds random but if it were random I guess it couldn't be a pattern. Somehow Thom and an upright piano sound like a full orchestra of sound. A few standouts to me to explore:
1. The unusual harmonies (without a clear tonal center) and how these contribute to my enjoyment of the piece.
2. The use of a repetitive arpeggiated pattern as the chosen style in which the chords are played, which gives a constant sense of motion.
3. The fluidity of his performance, with vocals and piano never faltering and creating an amazing, full texture somehow out of sparse instrumentation.
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